Lithachne

Lithachne
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Lithachne
P.Beauv.
Type species
Lithachne axillaris
(syn of L. pauciflora)[1]
P.Beauv.

Lithachne is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]

Species[1][5]
  1. Lithachne horizontalis Chase - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Mato Grosso
  2. Lithachne humilis Soderstr. - Honduras
  3. Lithachne pauciflora (Sw.) P.Beauv. - widespread from Jalisco to Paraguay
  4. Lithachne pinetii (C.Wright) Chase - Cuba

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 135 in Latin
  3. ↑ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XXIV (24), figure II (2) line drawings of Lithachne pauciflora
  4. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ↑ Chase, A. 1935. Studies in the Gramineae of Brazil. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 25: 188–193


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